Governor John Young Approves "An Act For The Permanent Establishment Of The Normal School"

A sum of $15,000 was appropriated for the building of a permanent Normal School building at the corner of Lodge and Howard Streets. The following year the State appropriated another $10,000 to complete the building and a further $3,500 for furnishings. The main entrance of the building faced Lodge Street.

Subjects

Buildings & Construction

Source Details

Annual Report of the Executive Committee, February 11, 1850, p. 9. See the Annual Report of the Executive Committee, 1850 for a print of the new building by Richard H. Pease, the floor plans, as well as a description of the design of the building for the building. George J. Penchard of firm of Perkins & Penchard, was the architect. Executive Committee Minutes, March 29, 1848, Vol. 1, p. 74. For the exact location of the building see Map of the City of Albany with Villages of Greenbush, East Albany, & Bath. Sprague & Co. Surveyed and drawn by E. Jacob, 1857. From The New York Public Library: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6348bd0-0bfc-0134-b96f-00505686a51c